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Can Trump’s Tariffs Be Undone In Court? First Lawsuit Targets ‘Liberation Day’ Orders As Conservative Lawyers Protest Policy
(Forbes)—The fate of President Donald Trump’s sweeping “Liberation Day” tariffs on foreign imports may play out in court, after the first major legal challenge to them was filed in court Monday, as conservative lawyers have alleged the president is exceeding his authority by enacting tariffs under the International Emergency Economic...
Nonprofit Asks US Trade Court to Strike Down Unprecedented Global Tariffs
(Law.com)—The Liberty Justice Center legal nonprofit has filed the first lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump’s so-called Liberation Day tariffs on virtually all global imports, calling on the US Court of International Trade to strike down the president’s “unprecedented power grab.” The Liberty Justice Center argued that Trump needed congressional approval...
Conservative Legal Group Sues To Block Trump’s April 2 Tariffs
(E&E News)—A conservative legal group filed a lawsuit seeking to block President Donald Trump’s sweeping global tariffs, challenging the administration’s use of emergency powers to upend the global trading system. The lawsuit, filed in the U.S. Court of International Trade on Monday, challenges Trump’s use of a 1970s-era law to...
Libertarian Public Interest Law Firm Sues Trump Administration Over Tariffs
(ASI Central)—Legal challenges to tariffs President Donald Trump has imposed on imports are mounting. The Liberty Justice Center, a Libertarian nonprofit public-interest litigation firm based in Austin, TX, has sued the Trump administration in the U.S. Court of International Trade, asserting that the president lacks the legal authority to issue...
Conservative Group Sues Trump Over IEEPA Tariffs, Trade Deficit Emergency
(Inside Trade)—The Trump administration is facing another legal challenge over its imposition of tariffs under the International Economic Emergency Powers Act, with the conservative Liberty Justice Center charging that the national emergency underpinning the new tariff regime is merely a figment of the president’s imagination. The administration in February declared...
Conservative Anti-Tariff Lawsuit Filed In Vaden Court
(The Fence Post)—Liberty Justice Center, a conservative group, has filed a lawsuit in the U.S. Court of International Trade challenging President Trump’s authority to impose the tariffs he announced on April 2. Stephen Vaden, Trump’s nominee to be agriculture deputy secretary, is one of the judges on the court. At...
Businesses Sue Trump Administration To Block Tariffs
(UPI)—A group of American companies filed a lawsuit that argues the Trump administration doesn’t have the authority to issue unfettered tariffs without congressional approval. The nonprofit Liberty Justice Center filed the suit Monday in the U.S. Court of International Trade on behalf of five businesses that each claim the tariffs...
Liberty Justice Center IGNITES Court Clash Over Trump’s Risky Tariffs
(RegTech Times)—A legal battle has started over President Donald Trump’s decision to place high taxes known as tariffs on Goods coming into the United States from other countries these tariffs were designed to protect American-made products by making imported items more expensive but not everyone agrees with this move. On...
Conservative Group Brings Suit Against IEEPA Reciprocal Tariffs to Trade Court
(International Trade Today)—The conservative Liberty Justice Center brought a lawsuit on behalf of five importers to challenge the constitutionality of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act as a source of tariff-setting authority. The complaint, filed April 14 at the Court of International Trade, makes two claims: President Donald Trump’s “reciprocal”...
‘No One Person Should Have The Power…’: Trump Administration Sued In The US Over Tariffs
(Business Today)—A legal advocacy group in the US has sued President Donald Trump’s administration over the sweeping tariffs. The group asked the US Court of International Trade to block Trump’s tariffs on US’ trading partners. The lawsuit, filed by the nonpartisan Liberty Justice Center on behalf of five small American...
Trump’s Tariff Rationale Challenged In Suit By Small Firms
(Bloomberg)—Several small US businesses sued President Donald Trump over his “Liberation Day” tariffs in the latest legal challenge to his use of sweeping executive powers to extract concessions from foreign trade partners. Trump’s use of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act to impose tariffs is unconstitutional and the emergency he...
A Wine Importer, Pipe-Maker, And Fishing Gear Shop Want To Take Down Trump’s Tariffs
(Business Insider)—President Donald Trump’s tariffs are facing increasing legal pushback — this time from five owner-operated businesses across different states and trades, from fishing gear to wine. The Liberty Justice Center, on behalf of the small businesses, filed a lawsuit in the US Court of International Trade on Monday challenging...
New Lawsuit Takes Aim at Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ Tariffs
(Wall Street Journal)—A lawsuit filed Monday challenges the legality of President Trump’s worldwide, across-the-board tariff hikes. The Liberty Justice Center, a libertarian-leaning public-interest law center based in Texas, filed the lawsuit Monday in the U.S. Court of International Trade on behalf of five owner-operated businesses allegedly harmed by the new...
U.S. Businesses Sue To Block Trump Tariffs, Say Trade Deficits Are Not An Emergency
(CNBC)—A group of five small businesses sued President Donald Trump on Monday, seeking to block new tariffs he has imposed on foreign imports in recent weeks. The lawsuit in the U.S. Court of International Trade alleges that Trump has illegally usurped Congress’ power to levy tariffs by claiming that trade...
Small Businesses Sue Trump Administration Over Authority To Impose Tariffs
(CNN)—A group of US businesses filed a lawsuit Monday arguing that President Donald Trump’s tariffs are illegal under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA). The suit was filed in the US Court of International Trade by the Liberty Justice Center, a legal advocacy group arguing on behalf of five...